The Viking Sagas

Dr Janina Ramirez travels across glaciers and through the lava fields of Iceland to find out about one of the most compelling of the great Viking stories - the Laxdaela Saga. This hour-long film explores how the unique literary achievements of the Saga writers were possible at a time of such immense cultural, political and religious upheaval.

Genre : DocumentaryHistory

Runtime : 59 mins

Release Date : 2011-05-10

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Cast

Janina Ramirez

(Self - Presenter (as Dr Janina Ramirez))

Sigurdur Atlason

(Himself - Sorcery Expert)

Vilborg Davíðsdóttir

(Herself - Writer & Historian (as Vilborg Davidsdottir))

Benedikt Erlingsson

(Himself)

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

(Himself - Pagan Priest (as Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson))

Siggi Jokulsson

(Himself - Farmer and Storyteller)

Einar Kárason

(Himself - Best-selling Author (as Einar Karason))

Heather O'Donoghue

(Herself - Professor of Old Norse, Oxford University)

Gisli Sigurdsson

(Himself - Historian)